WPL 2024 Auction, Highlights: Annabel, Kashvee sold for big money; Dottin, Athapaththu go unsold

In a big surprise Deandra Dottin and Chamari Athapaththu have gone unsold in big news from the WPL auctions. There was plenty of hype for the players but they have missed out on any buyers. 

Retained Players: Smriti Mandhana, Asha Shobana, Disha Kasat, Ellyse Perry, Heather Knight, Indrani Roy, Kanika Ahuja, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Sophie Devine.

New Buys: Georgia Wareham (₹40 lakhs), Kate Cross (₹30 lakhs), Ekta Bisht (₹60 lakhs), Shubha Satheesh (₹10 lakh), S Meghana (₹30 lakh), Simran Bahadur (₹30 lakh), Sophie Molineux (₹30 lacs)

The right-arm medium England's fast bowler and right-handed batter has played 156 matches. In 2006, she was the first woman to be accepted into Lancashire's cricket academy

Age: 32
Final Price: Rs 30 lacs
Nationality/State: England
Role: Fast Bowler
156 matches
 

Georgia Lee Wareham is an Australian cricketer who plays for the national team as a leg spinner. At the domestic level, she plays for Victoria and the Melbourne Renegades in the Women's Big Bash League

Age: 24
Final Price: 40 lacs
Nationality/State: Australia
Role: All-rounder
 

Karnataka batter Vrinda Dinesh was a surprise big pick in the Women's Premier League (WPL) season two auction as she was picked up by UP Warriorz on Saturday for Rs 1.3 crore, while South African legend Shabnim Ismail was picked by defending champions Mumbai Indians for Rs 1.2 crore.

Bharti Fulmali

Mona Meshram

Veda Krishnamurthy

Punam Raut

Naomi Stalenberg (AUS)

Maia Boucher (England)

Priya Punia

Devika Vaidya

S. Meghana

Deandra Dottin (WI)

Nadine de Klerk (SA)

Chamari Athapaththu (SL)

Bess Heath (ENG)

Sushma Verma

Amy Jones (ENG)

Tammy Beaumont (ENG)

Nuzhat Parween

Lea Tahuhu (NZ)

Kim Garth (AUS)

Simran Bahadur

Shamilia Connell (WI)

Amanda-Jade Wellington (Australia)

Preeti Bose

Alana King (AUS)

Gouher Sultana

Inoka Ranaweera (SL)

Drishya I V

Jasia Akhter

Arushi Goel

Simran Shaikh

Ridhima Aggarwal

G Divya

Sarah Bryce (SCO)

Theertha Satish (UAE)

Shivali Shinde

Uma Chetry

Gautami Naik

G. Trisha

Raghvi Bisht

Parushi Prabhakar

Hurley Gala

Nishu Choudhary

Aditi Chauhan

Komalpreet Kaur

Komal Zanzad

Haorungbam Chanu

Rekha Singh

Tara Norris (USA)

Parunika Sisodia

Sunanda Yetrekar

Sonam Yadav

Amisha Bahukhandi

Nicola Carey (AUS)

Alice Davidson Richards (ENG)

Dhara Gujjar

Millicent Illingworth (AUS)

Paige Scholfield (ENG)

Anushka Sharma

Iris Zwilling (NED)

Bhavana Goplani

Devika K

Priyanka Koushal

Tanisha Singh

Delhi Capitals: Annabel Sutherland, Aparna Mondal, Ashwani Kumari

Gujarat Gaints: Kashvee Gautam, Phoebe Litchfield, Meghna Singh, Lauren Cheatle, Priya Mishra, Trisha Poojitha, Kathryn Bryce, Mannat Kashyap

Mumbai Indians: Shabnim Ismail, Sajana S, Amandeep Kaur, Fatima Jaffer, Keerthana Balakrishnan

RCB: Ekta Bisht, Georgia Wareham, Kate Cross, Shubha Satheesh

UP Warriorz: Vrinda Dinesh, Dani Wyatt, Poonam Khemnar, Saima Thakor

Australia batter Phoebe Litchfield roped in by Gujarat Giants for Rs 1 crore; UP sign Wyatt. 

After Harmanpreet Kaur, MI now have Amandeep Kaur in their ranks as the uncapped star is purchased for $12, 000.

Gautami Naik, Raghvi Bisht, Parushi Prabhakar go unsold in the auctions. 

Kashvee Gautam has attracted big money as she is sold for whopping $240, 000 to Gujarat Giants. 

Uncapped India batter Vrinda Dinesh goes for HUGE money as UP Warriorz bagged her services for INR 1.3 crores.

Be it Tammy Beaumont or Amy Jones, none of the capped keeper-batters found any bidders during the first round of WPL 2024 Auction.

Tipped to be going for most money, Sri Lanka's Chamari Athapaththu remained UNSOLD in the first round of WPL 2024 Auction. 

Delhi Capitals break the bank for Australia all-rounder Annabel Sutherland, buying her for a record INR 2 crores.

The 20-year-old Australia batter Phoebe Litchfield will play for Gujarat Giants bought for INR 1 crore. 

We are a mere one hour away from the start of the Women's Premier League auction in Mumbai.

Are you all excited?

Here is the list of top five overseas players to look out for -

• Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka) - Base Price - INR 30 Lakh
• Annabel Sutherland (Australia) - Base Price - INR 40 Lakh
• Danni Wyatt (England) - Base Price - INR 30 Lakh
• Amanda-Jade Wellington (Australia) - Base Price - INR 30 Lakh
• Shabnim Ismail (South Africa) - Base Price - INR 40 lakh

Of all registered names for next season's WPL auction, 104 are Indian players, 61 overseas, including 15 from Associate nations. 

The WPL 2024 auction will also feature 56 capped and 109 uncapped players.

Out of 165 names registered for the WPL 2024 Auction, only 30 players are up grabs, with Chamari Athapaththu, Deandra Dottin and Kim Garth likely to go for the most money.

Hello everyone, the big day - the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2024 Auction, is finally upon us! As all teams gear up for the second-ever WPL auction, plenty of action and drama on the auction table await.